Make writing a novel more worthwhile?
DuckSpeak:
Quote from: Kitiara on 2005 August 08, 02:05:43
Quote from: Darkstormyeve on 2005 August 04, 02:31:48
Quote from: veilchen on 2005 August 04, 02:19:40
Quote from: Darkstormyeve on 2005 August 04, 01:52:42
I bet "Mrs Harry Potter" is doing quiet well.
I saw a news item about the author of the Potter stories. I didn't pay much attention, but I did hear the word 'millions', that I am sure of. Personally, I have never read any of those books, nor have I watched any of the movies, but I couldn't say exactly why. I'm just not attracted to either, for no apparent reason.
G.
I'm the same. I have never read them either. I have seen the films and will maybe get around to reading them for something to do (when I retire one fine day). I may have seen the same thing as you on the author. It was recent and probably some show about the release of her latest book. People were lined up for ages in the book stores here the day it came out. Funny thing is, I remember our local computer store having the same problem with the release of The Sims 2.
When the series started a was a co-manager in a book store. I am an avid reader, but avoided Harry Potter on principle. At some point the store started a Harry Potter Fan Club. No one wanted to host it, I got stuck with it. I read the books. They were good. I got addicted. I am now reading them to my kids as bedtime stories. Laugh at me all you want, I am a 31 year old mother of 3 and I like Harry Potter. Of course, there is some hope for me, I haven't even bought the 6th one yet (although I will eventually, no doubt about it). :)
It seems there is quite an audience that tries their best NOT to read Harry Potter even if they don't know anything about it. I would be one. ;)
I find painting far more entertaining than writing, as I can talk to others while doing it and not lose completly balance, but NO fun for writing is not right either.
SimsHost:
Nowadays in the real world, a "first novel" might get you $5,000 or so. (That is, if it sells all all. Before you quit your day job, keep in mind that only about 1% of all stories submitted to publishers ever see print.)
A real best-seller on a royalties contract can earn a million bucks. Even the no-royalties house books are getting $50,000 and up.
So, I agree that the amount earned from selling a best-seller in The Sims 2 is unrealistically low.
But hey, having one skill make you an expert at writing novels, painting, and performing music isn't actually a faithul model of real life.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: SimsHost on 2005 August 08, 06:40:20
Nowadays in the real world, a "first novel" might get you $5,000 or so. (That is, if it sells all all. Before you quit your day job, keep in mind that only about 1% of all stories submitted to publishers ever see print.)
A real best-seller on a royalties contract can earn a million bucks. Even the no-royalties house books are getting $50,000 and up.
So, I agree that the amount earned from selling a best-seller in The Sims 2 is unrealistically low.
A real business tycoon earns billions of bucks, but takes home a puny $2100/day. At that rather pitiful rate, it would take him 1303 years to get a billion dollars. What you're forgetting to account for is the nonlinear scaling of the simolean, where realworld goods that cost < $50 tend to be horribly overpriced while amounts of cash that are immensely huge in real life are slashed by factors of thousands at the same time.
SimsHost:
Oho! You're right! Simoleans seem to operate on a logarithmic scale, which almost sort of makes sense within the context of left-wing simmish philosophies.
That was a truly awesome observation, JM.
Marvin Kosh:
Well, if there was one career which made your Sim fabulously rich, naturally every player would jump on that one and forget about the others, unless there were comparable perks.
Then again, getting to the top of any career in The Sims 2 is ridiculously easy compared to real life.
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